Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian Federation categorically does not accept the accusations of the Turkish opposition about interfering in the presidential elections to be held on 14 May. TASS.
Speaking about the statement of the opposition Republican People’s Party Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu about the allegation that Russia interfered in the Turkish presidential elections, the Kremlin representative said, “This statement made a lot of noise in Turkey.”
“We immediately stated that we categorically do not accept the accusations of meddling in the elections in Turkey. This is out of the question,” said Peskov, pointing out that Russia was greatly disappointed by such a statement by Kılıçdaroğlu.
According to him, Russia will respect every choice of the Turkish people in the elections to be held in the country.
Peskov reminded that Kılıçdaroğlu said that he had allegations that Russia interfered in these elections. However, the leader of the Turkish opposition stressed that he has not yet presented this evidence because it does not exist.
The spokesperson added that Moscow “values the level of relations” with Ankara reached in recent years. He noted the achievements of the two countries “in the field of mutually beneficial cooperation in tourism, agriculture, trade, energy, transport, human relations and other fields.” According to Peskov, “this is the interaction that is really mutually beneficial for the peoples” of the Russian Federation and Turkey.
Former President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, I can’t afford attacks from the opposition against President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation. According to him, Ankara’s relations with Moscow are no less important today than with Washington.
Prior to that, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that the opposition was in the opinion of presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. accused Due to the imminent defeat of Russia’s interference in the elections scheduled for 14 May.